EP1353153A1 - Détecteur optique de deplacement - Google Patents

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EP1353153A1
EP1353153A1 EP03251976A EP03251976A EP1353153A1 EP 1353153 A1 EP1353153 A1 EP 1353153A1 EP 03251976 A EP03251976 A EP 03251976A EP 03251976 A EP03251976 A EP 03251976A EP 1353153 A1 EP1353153 A1 EP 1353153A1
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D5/00—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D5/26—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light
    • G01D5/32—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light
    • G01D5/34—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells
    • G01D5/36—Forming the light into pulses
    • G01D5/38—Forming the light into pulses by diffraction gratings

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  • the present invention relates in general to a displacement information detector.
  • the invention relates to a displacement information detector which is suitable for industrial measuring machines and the like, and which is capable of obtaining a physical amount of displacement information such as position information, rotation information or movement of a displaced object with high accuracy by utilizing the diffraction caused when the displaced object (optical scale) is irradiated with light.
  • displacement information detectors encoders
  • rotary encoders or linear encoders are used in industrial measuring machines and the like.
  • the applicant of the present invention has proposed the various encoders of the so-called grating interference system for detecting the fluctuation in position or velocity of an object by applying the diffraction interference phenomenon of light until now.
  • the applicant of the present invention has proposed the encoder in which a fine scale of micron order is adopted, and two luminous fluxes diffracted by the fine scale are taken out to be made interfere each other to thereby obtain the much higher resolution than that of the encoder of a geometrical optics system.
  • the applicant of the present invention has proposed the encoder which is adapted to detect the highly accurate displacement information and which reduces the influence of the alignment error during the installation by utilizing a correction optical system adapted to correct the errors in assembly of various optical elements in Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-25124 for example.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing construction of a main portion of an optical system of an encoder which can detect displacement information with high accuracy by utilizing the correction optical system which the present applicant previously proposed.
  • a luminous flux R emitted from a semiconductor laser LD permeates through a partial transmission portion W of a beam splitter BS to be applied to a diffraction grating scale (scale grating) GT through a reflecting mirror M1 and a transmission portion of a toric (circular ring) element CG.
  • the reflected and diffracted rays of light R+ and R- diffracted in the scale GT are applied to toric reflection gratings CG1 and CG2 of the toric element CG, respectively.
  • the grating pitch on the diffraction grating scale GT is P1
  • the grating pitch P2 of the toric reflection gratings CG1 and CG2 is set so as to meet the following relationship.
  • P2 P1/2
  • the toric reflection gratings CG1 and CG2 operate as the diffraction grating having the grating pitch P2 when viewed locally. Then, the luminous fluxes are diffracted to the original azimuth (on the diffraction grating scale GT side) to be applied to nearly the same position of the diffraction grating scale grating GT to be rediffracted, and then the luminous fluxes are combined with each other to trace the original path to be returned back to the beam splitter BS.
  • the luminous fluxes are taken out in the direction different from the semiconductor laser LD in the reflection diffraction grating GT4 of the rear face of the beam splitter BS to be detected as the interference flux by a light receiving element PD4.
  • the light and darkness periods of the interference on the light receiving element PD correspond to four periods per movement for one pitch of the diffraction grating scale grating GT.
  • the encoder in this prior art example has the effect of correcting the optical path shift for the wavelength fluctuation of the light source due to the effect of the toric reflection gratings CG1 and CG2. Since the correction is also exerted on the alignment errors of the optical elements, even in the case of the encoder in which the scale grating GT and the detection head (PD4) are separated from each other, the installation thereof becomes relatively easy. In addition, since the number of constituent components or parts is very small, the miniaturization and thinness thereof become possible.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a small and thin displacement information detector which is capable of being suitably applied to a disk with a small diameter, utilizing a three grating interference optical system, and with which stable displacement information may be obtained with high resolution.
  • a displacement information detector in which a coherent luminous flux from a light source is applied to a diffraction grating scale adapted to be relatively moved to generate two diffracted rays of light having different orders, and the two diffracted rays of light are diffracted and deflected in a diffraction grating in which circular or toric curves are arranged in lattice at unequal pitches to be applied to the diffraction grating scale again to be rediffracted, and the diffracted rays of light are combined with each other to be made interfere each other, and the resultant interference light is introduced into a light receiving element to thereby detect a periodic signal due to the relative movement of the diffraction grating scale.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing construction of a main portion of an optical system according to a first embodiment when the present invention is applied to a rotary encoder.
  • a stable grating interference type encoder in which a luminous flux is condensed and applied to a circular reflection diffraction grating having a grating pitch suitably changed, and a grating scale.
  • a luminous flux R emitted from a semiconductor laser LD is condensed by a lens L1 to permeate through a partial transmission window W of a beam splitter BS having a reflecting film and the partial transmission window W to be made incident to a reflecting mirror M1 and a transmission portion CGT of a toric device (circular grating device substrate) CG.
  • the luminous flux which has permeated through the transmission portion CGT of the circular grating device substrate CG is applied nearly in the form of a spot on a point S1 of a radial diffraction grating scale GT used in a rotary encoder to be reflected and diffracted therein.
  • the luminous flux in order that the luminous flux may be applied nearly in the form of a spot on the grating scale GT, the luminous flux is given the direct condensing characteristics by a lens (collimator lens) L1 to be applied with the oblique incidence.
  • the ⁇ primary reflected and diffracted rays of light R+ and R- at this time are emitted in the form of the divergent bundle of rays from the diffraction grating scale GT to permeate through 1/8 wavelength plates QZ1 and QZ2 provided in the respect optical paths to be applied to the circular diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2, respectively, in each of which the grating pitch becomes finer as the place is located on the outer side (on the outer side in the radial direction).
  • each of the circular diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2 is arranged under the condition in which the grating pitch is suitably changed, whereby the diffracted rays of light of a specific order which are diffracted and reflected again in the circular diffraction gratings (toric reflection gratings) CG1 and CG2 are applied again nearly in the form of a spot on a point S2 which is slightly different radially from the point S1 on the diffraction grating scale GT to be further diffracted.
  • the application positions of the luminous flux i.e., the points S1 and S2 are slightly different radially from each other, the azimuths of the optical axes of the two luminous fluxes which have been rediffracted at the point S2 (the third diffraction) are slightly shifted.
  • both the luminous fluxes are the divergent bundles of rays when the point S2 is assumed to be the virtual point light source, the spherical wave surfaces of both the luminous fluxes agree with each other so that the interference state of the area in which the two luminous fluxes coexist becomes very stable.
  • the two luminous fluxes which have been rediffracted at the point S2 on the diffraction grating scale GT are combined with the greater part thereof to permeate through the transmission portion CGT and pass through the mirror M1 and then are given the condensing characteristics by the lens L2 to be returned back to the beam splitter BS.
  • the two rediffracted luminous fluxes permeate in a round trip manner through the 1/8 wavelength plates QZ1 and QZ2 which are arranged so as to make an angle of 90 degrees with the optical axes thereof, the luminous fluxes become the circularly polarized luminous fluxes which turn in the directions opposite to each other. Then, if the two rediffracted luminous fluxes are composed with the polarization states thereof in terms of a vector, then the resultant light becomes the linearly polarized light the plane of polarization of which is rotated in accordance with the phase difference between the + primary diffracted light and the - primary diffracted light.
  • the luminous flux introduced into the beam splitter BS is reflected and diffracted in a staggered phase grating GT4 recorded on the reflecting surface to be divided into four luminous fluxes to be supplied to polarization means POL4 composed of four polarizing elements POL41, POL42, POL43 and POL44 the polarization surfaces of which are oriented to the different azimuths in the front surfaces of the respective light receiving surfaces, and then the four luminous fluxes are detected by light receiving means (array of light receiving elements) PD4.
  • polarization means POL4 composed of four polarizing elements POL41, POL42, POL43 and POL44 the polarization surfaces of which are oriented to the different azimuths in the front surfaces of the respective light receiving surfaces
  • the change in light and darkness period of the interference obtained in the light receiving means PD4 corresponds to four periods per movement for one pitch of the scale grating GT.
  • the light and darkness period signals obtained from the four light receiving elements of the light receiving means PD4 are sine waves and are out of phase with one another.
  • the azimuths of the four polarizing elements are made 45 degrees out of phase with one another, then 90 degrees out-of-phase is obtained.
  • the number of light receiving elements is four, normally, even two or three light receiving elements may also be available.
  • the reflection diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2, each having a circular shape or the like, for which the pitch is suitably changed are combined with the condition in which the luminous flux is applied nearly in the form of a spot on the radial grating scale GT, whereby there is constructed an optical system optimal for the small and stable three grating interference type encoder having the high resolution.
  • the circular diffraction grating on the diffraction grating scale GT is made the reflection diffraction grating having a circular-shape or the like in which the equal pitch is not adopted, but the pitch is suitably changed, and further is combined with the suitable illumination condition, whereby the small encoder optical system having high resolution is constructed.
  • the angle of diffraction of the diffracted ray of light is changed accordingly, so that the positions where the diffracted rays of light are to be made incident to the circular reflection diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2 are shifted.
  • the grating pitch intervals of the circular reflection diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2 are suitably arranged to thereby emit the reflected and diffracted rays of light to the original azimuth.
  • This is equivalent to the case where a reflection type diffraction grating mirror, a reflection type Fresnel lens, and a reflection type zone plate are arranged for the circular reflection diffraction grating so that the focal length thereof becomes nearly equal to the interval to the grating scale GT.
  • the Fresnel reflecting mirror is supposed as the circular reflection diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2
  • the interval between the grating scale GT, and the circular reflection diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2 is set twice as large as the so-called focal length of the circular reflection diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2.
  • the optical path through which the luminous flux is made incident to the grating scale again is made agree with the original path to thereby obtain the usually stable interference information.
  • the case where a disk (radial disk) is radially shifted corresponds to the case where the grating pitch of the diffraction grating to which the luminous flux is made incident is changed.
  • the stable interference information is obtained.
  • the directions of arrangement of the grating scale GT, and the azimuth of arrangement of the gratings in the positions of incidence of the luminous flux of the circular diffraction gratings CG1 and CG2 are perfectly parallel with each other in the absence of mounting error, the directions may make a certain angle with each other. In such cases, the ⁇ primary luminous fluxes which have been rediffracted in the grating scale GT do not perfectly agree with each other, and hence are emitted to the different azimuths.
  • the luminous flux is condensed in the form of a spot in the rediffraction position on the grating scale GT, and the wave surface of the luminous flux emitted therefrom becomes the spherical surface to emit the resultant divergent luminous flux.
  • the optical axes of the main rays of light of the ⁇ primary diffracted rays of light are shifted from each other as described above. However, since the rays of light hold the wave surface in common, the stable interference state of the so-called one color state is obtained as a whole. In the present embodiment, with respect to the mounting error of other members as well, the same effects are offered.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing construction of a main portion of a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present embodiment is different in construction from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 only in that a lens L3 is newly provided between the mirror M1 and the circular grating element substrate CG, and the other construction of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.
  • the luminous flux emitted from the light source LD is given the condensing characteristics by the lens L1 and the lens L3 to be applied nearly in the form of a spot on the scale grating GT with the oblique incidence.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing construction of a main portion of a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present embodiment is different in construction from the first embodiment of FIG. 1 only in that instead of, when applying the luminous fluxes nearly in the form of spots on the grating scale GT, shifting the luminous fluxes radially to apply the luminous fluxes to the point S1 and the point S2 with the oblique incidence, the luminous fluxes are shifted in the direction of movement of the grating scale GT (in the circular direction) to be applied to the point S1 and the point S2, and other construction of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. As a result, the same effects as those of the first embodiment are offered.
  • the grating scale GT is made a linear scale grating, and thus the present invention may be applied to a linear encoder.
  • the size of the beam waist is finite, and also the minimum condensing may be made back and forth in position more or less with respect to the grating scale GT.
  • the circular reflection grating in which the grating pitch is suitably changed is used in the second diffraction grating CG of the three grating interference optical system, and the luminous flux is condensed and applied nearly in the form of a spot on the scale grating GT, whereby the following effects can be offered.
  • the so-called embedded type encoder is readily realized in which the disk and the optical detector are separated from each other.
  • the circular reflection grating is readily processed through the semiconductor process containing EB drawing, exposure, glass etching and the like, the circular reflection grating is excellent in mass production.
  • a small and thin displacement information detector which is capable of being suitably applied to a disk with a small diameter utilizing a three grating interference optical system and which is capable of obtaining stable displacement information with high resolution.

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